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TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Details
A FINE PAIR OF GOLD HAIRPINS
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Each hairpin has two needle-shaped prongs connected by an elliptical head delicately decorated with very fine twisted gold wire that forms a flower head.
Each 3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) long; weight 14.9 and 14.7 g
TANG DYNASTY (AD 618-907)
Each hairpin has two needle-shaped prongs connected by an elliptical head delicately decorated with very fine twisted gold wire that forms a flower head.
Each 3 ½ in. (8.9 cm.) long; weight 14.9 and 14.7 g
Provenance
Dr. Johan Carl Kempe (1884-1967) Collection, Sweden, before 1953, no. CK51.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 88.
Sotheby's London, Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork. Early Gold and Silver, 14 May 2008, lot 88.
Literature
Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953, pl. 51.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, fig. 13c.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 48.
Bo Gyllensvärd, 'T'ang Gold and Silver', Bulletin of the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, No. 29, Stockholm, 1957, fig. 13c.
Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, The Museum of Art and Far Eastern Antiquities in Ulricehamn, Ulricehamn, 1999, pl. 48.
Exhibited
Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, 1954-55, cat. no. 51.